August 4, 2016- On Thursday morning, Summer Program Students arrived at the Al-Faruqi Library at the International Institute of Islamic Thought to partake in a full-day presentation program, where each of the 18 students presented their paper topics and received comments from SSP faculty members and advisors.​Paper topics covered a diverse range of issues, from an analysis of offensive jihad and how ISIS has misinterpreted the notion, Islamophobia in the university setting, to the Islamic criminal code, the nuances of Sufi intellectual thought, and more. The presentations were a culmination of four weeks of courses ranging from Contemporary Islamic Thought, Islam in America, Maqasid in Public Policy, and Islamic Jurisprudence.

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